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Ray awoke one morning to find that he could not see anything in the upper right side of his visual field, his right eye and the right side of his mouth looked different in the mirror, his gait when walking was a bit awkward, and he felt generally "clumsy." Ray is exhibiting
Latent Learning
A form of learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement of the behavior or associations that are learned.
Cognitive Map
An internal representation of the spatial relationships between objects in an individual's environment, facilitating navigation and understanding of the world.
Partial Reinforcement
A conditioning schedule in which a response is reinforced only some of the time, leading to more resistant behavior to extinction.
Variable Ratio
Variable ratio is a schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced after an unpredictable number of responses, making it highly effective in maintaining behavior after it has been learned.
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